LEAD YOUR MIND TO LEAD THE WORLD

ART & SCIENCE OF INSPIRED LIVING






Purusha means Human Beings. A male human being or a female human being. Artha means (meaning) wealth, goal, effort or a destination.

Purushartha means that which is sought after by every human being. It also means freewill or choice or effort or endeavor. Primary meaning is human destination of human goal. These goals are sought after only by human beings not by animals or plants. We all know very well that life is by choice and not by chance. No doubt human beings are similar to animals & plants but one common feature that distinct them from animals and plants is the use of Intellect or power of reasoning or Rational or thinking faculty. All living beings seek food and after any activity all take rest. Some animals sleep standing and some human beings also sleep standing in a bus or train. Some people sleep lying and some sleep sitting. Therefore, the similarity is great between human being, plants & animals. Then the next one is propagation of one’s fear of external world. A feeling of insecurity and therefore trying to protect itself from fear. Then the next one is propagation of one’s own species through children, grand children, great grand children, parampars etc. These four are common to plants animals and human beings. However, if all are same why do we consider human being superior to other species? Rare is human birth, why do we say this? Because Intellect, Thinking faculty, Judging Faculty, reasoning faculty, projecting the future faculty, for sightedness planning for future and working for betterment of the future all these common under Intellect or Rational faculty.

Since Budhi alone make a human being superior or if we do not have Intellect or if we don’t use the intellect we are as good as or as bad as animals.

There are some philosopher’s who advice, don’t use your intellect or never use your intellect which is the cause of all human problems and there fore there teaching is don’t use your intellect? What an unfortunate advice! In addition, the sastra says if the intellect is not used human beings are as good as or as bad animals only. Therefore use your Intellect. It is unique faculty available only to us. Because of this extra faculty only we are extremely self conscious also, capable of self Judgment and capable of comparing our self with other human beings who the animals or plants do not have .When there is a dog show and they have a competition to find out which dog is well trained dog? Dogs are asked to do various things, then they are given gold, silver and Bronze and there may be three stands also like in Olympics and then when they are standing on these three stands. What is the feeling of the dog? I have got gold? I have got Bronze or Silver, I missed gold by 100th of a second, is it? No. The dogs do not have inferiority or superiority complex. They only put their tongue out and look here and there. They do not know what the hell or heaven is happening. On the other hand, the owner of the dog owns inferiority or superiority complex. Therefore, intellect gives me a unique faculty of self-judgment, complex development, and comparison with other members etc. We certainly think of improving ourself in the future and therefore planning for the future becomes another natural consequence of rational faculty. We also try to project our future hoping that we will be better off. And for improvement of future, I start planning and the planning is cut into several levels of immediate goals, short term goals or long term goals etc. 1st year we expect 1 crore business Next year we expect 5 Crore business 5th year we expect and like our organization to grow to the level of 100 crores profit and so on. So we have lot of secondary and primary goals which we alone are capable of doing. Interview the dog which has got only 2nd prize and ask her in the next dog show do you want to come first? What will the dog do! It will put its tongue out and bark. It does not have a plan for next dog show. So all the animals and plants have an instinctive life style. Their entire life is governed by instincts, where as human beings are governed by instincts also because he is common to animals & Plants but more than instincts he is governed by his Intellect. Human beings predominantly has got capacity to discriminate and also can choose their future. In addition, because of this choice human being entertains lot of goals and all these goals are called purushartha. Now the next question is how many such goals are possible. If you start enumerating the goals intermediary and ultimate, short term long term they are countless. However, even though goals are endless we classify them into four categories. Any goal, which you try to accomplish, will come under these four categories. There is no fifth variety. The first one starts very early in life. It is the goal of survival or security. Everything that you procure for the sake of security & all those things will come under the first category. And they are food, clothing, shelter and Health. I hope you would have seen the film roti, Kapada aur makan. In addition, by security I mean sheer physical survival. Right from birth one instinctive and natural urge every living being has is the urge to survive some how. Anything that you procure for your security i.e. all those objects, which contribute to your security, will come under first category. Physical survival will help you in removing your sense of insecurity. They are

1. FOOD right from beginning the struggle begins.



2. CLOTHING we protect our body from the environment.

All types of clothing we have are summer clothing, winter clothing or nightdress etc.

Books & Books are written on clothing alone. Special magazines are dedicated for clothing only. The helmet you wear for security or seat belt you wear in car for your security and breathing fitter? Have you seen some guys wearing breathing filter while driving a bike? We do not know who is terrorist and who is not? They tie the towel, they put their handkerchief in the mouth or tie it etc., and do what not? They all are meant for security. In addition, you air-condition your office, home, or car so that pollution in the city won’t affect you? Anything that heals our body that is food, clothing, shelter and health etc. Come under first category. The body of some animals come with natural designer clothing i.e. they don’t need clothes as they are gifted with thick and designer skin. Then comes shelter, we are working for a home. We all feel that we don’t have a house of our own. We at least want a flat or a small place in coastal area. Before death one project of everyone is to own a house or at least a flat in a city, village or out of city. Then comes health, fighting all forms of diseases. The question is should you work hard or work smart yes say the sastras. Whether we are useful to the society or our self we have to work hard or smart. Because we want to live or survive or exist. Then initially we want to take care of our own security then, come the second layer of security that is the security for our future. Because of old age we cannot work or we cannot earn. In olden days, the thought was children would take care of the security of parents in old age. Now a day there is a doubt whether the children will take care of us or we have to take care of them. In addition, some tell me, they have confidence in their children but they don’t know what type of daughter-in-law or son-in-law will come. Whether they will allow them to take care is a big question?

A big question is inside the black box? I better save for my future food, future clothing, future shelter and future health etc. and fear of health or diseases grow more & more as. We grow older. The initial part of life food & clothing becomes important and later part of life shelter & health becomes Important. Therefore we procure visualizing the possible Troubles. Next we are worried about unexpected accidental threats & therefore we have to take all forms of insurance. Health insurance, life insurance , Home insurance, theft earthquake & even Tsunami insurance etc. So present security, future security and then come next layer of security, once we possess a few things or people for our security we are worried about again its security? This is how it spread into a big Ramayana isn’t it? Security, security for security, etc. First we want clothes for our body now we regularly have to clean it in washing machine for the security of our clothes itself. I also know there are human washing machines you just have to lie down in the bath tub; the rest is taken care off. We have to just scrub our body with soap as simple as that isn’t it? Then there is a power fluctuation we buy a stabilizer for our washing machine for its security. Our house gives us security but we are worried about the security of our house. Therefore we employ a security and we feel unsecured if the security of the Building or house is on leave. Since our security is very important for the security of the house we have a replacement security for the security. Some tell me they are safe only if he comes. Thus most of our life we are busy providing for security and all these things come under first category freedom from fear of physical survival. And some say they have money for generations and have got reasonably own house with their own earning and now the question is what else to do with life? When all these have been taken care of we go to the second category called comforts or entertainment. These comforts are not required for our security but if we can enjoy or have all forms of entertainment we think we have bliss. Therefore all entertainment comes in second variety. We want to enjoy our-self in the form Music, in the form of dance or drama or TV some want cable connection and some other connection also. In addition, we know all entertainment industry is so big. We want to go to five star or seven star hotels, beach holiday resorts, Hill stations and a small world tour. What do you mean by small world tour, I don’t understand? Yes we try to resort our mind from stress & strain of life. Once I take care of Entertainment within my surrounding. I am bored, I move to other places, a big universal tour to see places and try to admire the culture, learn about them and adapt to the conditions & life styles of USA, Japan, China, Europe, South Africa etc. So we want to visit all developed, developing and backward nations or At least visit USA once. Animals also want comfort, enjoyment and entertainment but they do instinctively where as we plan for it. If there is a lot of sun animals naturally go towards shade, where as we enter our office cabin and switch on our A/C. Some times in the afternoon while at work on a summer day we come home & relax in A/C ! So human beings plan & entertain themselves. In addition, in many countries people do not cross the first state or category. In addition, in some developed countries people start their life in excitement and comfort?

The Third category is known as an invisible form of wealth, which we generally translate in English as good luck or good fortune. We say that person is very lucky, he had good fortune, He was lucky, or I was fortunate. Therefore, we translate this as that which brings us security, comfort & excitement or wealth. That’s why in Tamil we call it adirstam? Koun banega crore pathi? No doubt lot of knowledge & skill is required to enter the contest & in star TV or Sun TV or Stock market to become crorepati, people call you lucky or fortunate. These are invisible forms of wealth, which contributes to good luck. Good luck is something, which also contributes to our next birth. In Initial stages of life if you study any human birth, our initial few years of life happens to us without our control. They do not come consulting with us but come due to our past good karmas. What type of parents we have and we find ourselves helpless? We may feel my parents were little bit rich or I would have been born to J.R.D. Tata or the Birla’s but these are determined by God and not by us. It is determined by our own choice or freewill that we exerted in our previous birth that has determined our present Birth. They determine your future existence good or bad. Now I have no choice of my past but I have a choice of my current birth. Hence life is by choice and not by chance as many think. Good luck has no role to play a part in life but we describe it in such a manner. Sometimes we are born as orphans or with good parents and a different environment may be in Nigeria! We may be a dotted child or beated child. No control but we can control or choose our future life. So I feel even though I am a human being my initial few years are not under my control. Then it is under whose control? It is supposed to be determined by freewill or choice of my past Birth. My Dharma will not only help me in this life but also in next life in providing a good childhood, good food, good environment, good clothing, good parents, good shelter and good values also.

So a Childs life is determined by invisible form of wealth called good luck. Today psychologists are discovering more and more and they are saying many of our emotional condition now during our adulthood are acquired from our childhood. Therefore, our childhood heavily determines our physical health, mental health and even future health and therefore if you want to control your childhood it can be done through dharma purushartha free will choice or effort now. The law of Karma directly influence my past life present life, future life. Now tell me where is the problem? In fact we are the problem and we are the solution. In life all situation and incidents are only 10% and the rest 90% is how we respond to those situations. How we handle our situations, goals, choice, or human effort. Not only we talk about visible wealth but also try to acquire invisible form of wealth called good luck or punya or subtle form of wealth. These three human goals have many things in common and since they are common together they are known as dharma + artha + Kama = Preyaha which means all human goals and endeavor. Now the question is what is the fourth or last goal? Fourth human goal is called moksha or mukthi. Moksha means freedom. Freedom from what? Is it political freedom, economic, freedom or spiritual freedom? It is an inner freedom. It is freedom from Bondage or attachment. Freedom from slavery with regard to all the above three categories of human goals mentioned earlier. It is freedom from all other accomplishments. In what way I am slave to anything in this world? Any object in the world or anything or person enslave me in two ways one by its very absence second by its very presence therefore things bind me by their presence and thing strain me by their absence crating vacuum. Some objects or people create problem by their presence and some by their absence and some create by both presence and absence. Take the case of Money, poverty is also a problem and prosperity is also a problem. Some go to the ashram because of poverty and some because of prosperity to seek peace of mind. Slavery with regard to external goal is bondage. Freedom from the slavery otherwise called self-mastery, I am no more a slave, I am a swami. Please don’t think if you wear an orange Dress you are a Swami or God. An external swami will also say he does not have enough followers? He has attachment towards having lot of disciples. He also thinks he has no ashram of his own or institution in the name of charity? Then some people say I have done so many things but I don’t have disciples or they don’t have Readership of their books and teaching or No circulation of their books. No business with profit? Etc. and what not? Some say even if they read my book they do not follow me, some say they have no followers so they are unhappy. What a great joke? They say they miss name & fame etc. power. Swamithwam is an internal condition not external condition. That is when things are absent I don’t have vacuum and when they are present I am not a slave or they are not burdensome to me. I buy a shoe to protect my feet from thorns or stones but now the shoe is not fitting properly and it bites therefore I am disturbed by the very presence of the shoe, similarly our life has to be Holistic. When I have a shoe I am burdened and when I had naked feet & legs, I was unhappy. In fact, we are worried or we do not know how to handle most problems than the presence of problems itself. Therefore internal freedom is a comfortable position with or without objects, people or anything. It means I must be comfortable with all objects and persons. This Inner mastery is Moksha Inner strength, Inner mastery or Internal Mastery is called freedom from bondage, moksha, or mukthi in life 90% of our time is spent responding to 10% of incidents so if you know how to handle objects, people & situations you are a master first 3 secondary goals and the primary goal is the last one freedom from bondage with respect to the goals. People I come across generally ask me who your role model is. Who ever be my role models, I have to understand that I have some role to play in this life.









The roles are

1. Role of a Child

2. Role of a Student

3. Role of a Husband/ Wife

4. Role of a Father/ Mother

5. Role of a Relative

6. Role of a Manager or executive

7. Role of a responsible citizen

8. Role of an Administrator

9. Role of an Advisor or consultant etc.

10. Role of a CEO

In addition, so many roles we play but the primary responsibility is how we play this role. How we handle these roles, if all the roles are played to perfection there is harmony in life. If you play your role better you can have success in your personal life professional life, social life etc. In life success or failure depends upon how we play these roles whatever it may be next comes how much time to devote on these roles? It depends on one’s interested and deep rooted efforts to succeed in those pursuits. There are 100’s & 1000’s of Books written on Time management but the best way to manage your time is to balance your roles so as to bring in a great harmony in your life. Each winner’s profile differs from one another you are your best judge. Follow your heart or Intellect whatever you call it. The choice is yours do not do it by chance. Choice is governed by planning, chance is governed by destiny. Choices lead us to better human effort and better results than the destiny. The destination is same but how you reach that is very important. Luck should not determine our future. The freewill or choice or effort has to determine our future.